Hopper (crater)

Hopper

MESSENGER WAC mosaic
Planet	Mercury
Coordinates	12°26′S55°58′W / 12.44°S 55.96°W / -12.44; -55.96
Quadrangle	Kuiper
Diameter	36 km (22 mi)
Eponym	Edward Hopper

Hopper is a crater on Mercury. Its name was adopted by the IAU in 2012, after the American painter Edward Hopper. ^[1] The crater was first imaged by Mariner 10 in 1974. ^[2]

Hollows are present within Hopper, which are as bright as the crater Kuiper.

Views

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  Mariner 10 image centered on Hopper
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  High-resolution image from MESSENGER
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  The highest resolution view from MESSENGER showing the detail of the hollows

References

1. "Hopper". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. NASA . Retrieved 18 January 2020.
2. Davies, M. E.; Dwornik, S. E.; Gault, D. E.; Strom, R. G. (1978). Atlas of Mercury. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. pp. 1–128. ISBN   978-1-114-27448-8. Special Publication SP-423.